A field in Shropshire, England
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We have now identified 100 different wildflowers in the field. Some are common, some are rare, some were here before us, some we introduced and some arrived on their own. All of them are native or naturalised English wildflowers and though many of them would be considered weeds in a garden they are all welcome here!
www.tiptonscroft.org.uk/blog/flora/
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The meadow has had its annual cut and because of the dry weather it could be cut and bailed the same day. Nineteen good big round bales: not quite a record but certainly a good year. It’s always a bitter sweet moment as the bails are taken away.
The field does look bare and it is a sign the seasons are moving on and autumn is just round the corner. But the birds love it as the hunters go for any exposed field voles or toads and the ground feeders feast on worms and bugs.
It will grass over soon and then we hope to have sheep grazing on it over the winter.
